Francis Schaeffer (1912-84)
Francis A. Schaeffer was the mentor I never met. He was born on January 30, 1912, in Germantown, Pennsylvania. The best biography of this...
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Douglas Groothuis
- Oct 5, 2022
- 7 min
Public Ministry and the Christian: Eight Principles
Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers (1 Timothy...
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Douglas Groothuis
- Jun 23, 2022
- 5 min
THE NEED FOR CHRISTIAN EDUCATION: Countering Ten Criticisms
Many arguments are marshaled against Christian schools and Christian home-schooling. Those, such as myself, who categorically reject...
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Douglas Groothuis
- May 10, 2022
- 13 min
Excerpts from The Feminist Bogeywoman (Baker, 1995) 
By Rebecca Merrill Groothuis (1954-2018) Q Isn’t evangelical feminism simply the product of an antibiblical, contemporary ideology that...
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Douglas Groothuis
- Sep 2, 2021
- 2 min
Kindle and the Writer
I long resisted any reading of books in electronic form. Books are superior in many ways—their ability to carry memories, hand-written...
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Douglas Groothuis
- Apr 2, 2021
- 4 min
Easter Life and the Facts of History
Easter commemorates and celebrates a historical event unlike any other: the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. But what is the...
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Douglas Groothuis
- Mar 22, 2021
- 7 min
Spiritual Dangers of New Age Meditation and Yoga
Harper’s ran an in-depth article on the fate of a young woman who did intensive Easterm meditation at a retreat and contacted mental...
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Douglas Groothuis
- Mar 19, 2021
- 7 min
Mike Shreve on Yoga, Christianity, and the New Age Worldview
Mike Shreve was deep into eastern religion and yoga before he converted to Christianity in 1970. He has since written books and done many...
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Douglas Groothuis
- Feb 3, 2021
- 2 min
It’s All About Sex
The leading secular account of the world in the West denies any normative or sacred order. Freedom is found, not in following a divine...
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Douglas Groothuis
- Jan 29, 2021
- 1 min
Virtuous Ignorance
Being charged with being an ignoramus is no compliment. However, some ignorance is virtuous. One should cultivate being an ignoramus in a...
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Douglas Groothuis
- Jan 1, 2021
- 2 min
Groothuis Reading Guide to Political and Cultural Discernment
Deep reading is required for wise thinking and courageous action, even action against the odds. Political authoritarianism cannot work...
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Douglas Groothuis
- Aug 6, 2020
- 5 min
Spiritual Warfare and the Christian
No matter how dark the times, we should remember and celebrate that Jesus has indeed defeated Satan and the demonic hordes John declares...
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Douglas Groothuis
- May 28, 2020
- 6 min
Moral Theory for Church Leaders
As pastors and teachers in the church seek to exposit and apply the Bible to their congregations, they need to handle wisely the moral...
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Douglas Groothuis
- Apr 16, 2020
- 2 min
Hospitality During the Corona Virus Crisis
Hospitality means primarily the creation of free space where the stranger can enter and become a friend instead of an enemy. Hospitality...
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Douglas Groothuis
- Mar 11, 2020
- 4 min
Jesus On Publicity and Public Virtue
We live in the great age of endless self-promotion. Anyone can ego-cast through the Internet by projecting images, talking points,...
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Douglas Groothuis
- Dec 5, 2019
- 5 min
Fire in My Bones
“Without fire, nothing.” I often say this to my students in the context of motivation for ministry. I have felt this fire for over four...
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Douglas Groothuis
- Oct 3, 2019
- 1 min
A Prayer for Those Suffering from Unrequited Love
God of all comfort, you know the pain of broken relationships. Many of your own followers left you at the time of greatest need. You...
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Douglas Groothuis
- Sep 12, 2019
- 9 min
Encounter
Essay written in about 1978 for a college course at the University of Oregon (Eugene). Unedited from that time. It was the disturbing...
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Douglas Groothuis
- Aug 1, 2019
- 1 min
Testimony
At some point in a life deeply lived, one cannot go back. The tracks are laid and now set in concrete that cannot be broken or laid once...
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Douglas Groothuis
- Jul 18, 2019
- 2 min
Jesus for the Nominal Christian
Nominal means “in name only.” Some politicians, rightly or wrongly, are called RINOs: Republicans in name only. That is, they are not...
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